Bottle-closure.



No. 723,679. PATENTED MAR. 24, 1903.

' E. w. KEMPTER.

BOTTLE CLOSURE. AP-PLIOATIOI} FILED JAN: 3, 1'9os.

N0 MODEL J W I Q 1 JFNVENTOR 1 wwm I UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST WALTER KE MPTER, OF GALENA, ILLINOIS.

BOT-TLE-CLQSU RE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 723,679, dated March24, 1903;

Application filed January 3, 1903.

To all whom/it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERNEST WALTER KEMP- TER, a resident of Galena, inthe county of J Daviess and State of Illinois, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Bottle-Closures; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact descrip* tion of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsparts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation,illustrating a bottle provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is anenlarged View in section of the neck portion thereof, and Figs. 3, 4,and 5 are enlarged views illustrating details of construction.

1 represents a bottle of ordinary construction having the neck 2, towhich my improvements are connected, as will now be explained.

3 represents a tubular plug,-of cork or other material, forced down intothe neck 2 and having an internal ferrule or conical tube 4, preferablyof aluminium. Above this ferrule and plug a ball 5, also preferably ofaluminium, is located and adapted to fall by gravity into the largerupper end of the ferrule andeffectually prevent the passage of a liquidtherethrough when poured into the bottle, but which will fall out of theferrule when the bottle is tiltedto' permit the bottles contents to bepoured at will.

In the neck 2 of the bottle at the top thereof another tubular plug 6,preferably of cork, is located, and has a ferrule or conical tube '7therein, composed, preferably, of aluminium. This ferrule 7 is providedat its lower SerialNo. 137,712. on model.)

end with prongs or fingers 8, projecting down below the cork plug 6 andserve to hold the ball 5 away from the end of the ferrule and preventits closing the passage in pouring from the bottle. At the upper end ofthe ferrule 7, which is flush with the top of plug 6 and bottle-neck2,=integral strips 9 are provided on opposite sides of the ferrule andare adapted to bebent down the outside of the bottle-neck, as shown inFig. 2, and these strips 9 are made with holes in their ends to receivea wire 10, passed around a groove in the bottle-neck and twistedtogether at its ends.

A thin metal cap or cover 11 is pressed around the neck of the bottle,and through this cap or cover 11 the twisted ends of wire 10 project andhave a seal 12 thereon to prevent tampering With the mechanism.

A cork stopper 13, having an enamel head or enlargement 14: thereon, isadapted to enter ferrule 7 and close the neck of the bottle.

By constructing my improvements as above explained it will be seen thatin order to pour anything into the bottle it is necessary to remove theball 5. This cannot be done without first breaking the seal 12 andremoving plug 6 and ferrule 7, and such work would necessarily sodisfigure the bottle as to readily betray the fraud.

My improvements can be used on almost every form of bottle and have theadvantage that the bottle can be returned to the original filler and beused again.

Whilev I have described the ferrules and ball as being made ofaluminium, I might make them of other material, although aluminium ispreferred.

A great many changes might be made in the general form and arrangementof the parts described without departing from my invention, and hence Ido not confine myself to the precise construction set forth, butconsider myself at libertyto make such slight changes and alterations asfairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is.

1. The combination with a bottle-neck, of two tubular plugs therein, avalve between said plugs, a device for holding the upper plug in place,and a seal normally securing said holding device.

2. The combination with a bottle-neck, of two tubular plugs therein, avalve between said plugs, the upper plug being removable, and adestrnctible device for normally securing said removable plug in place.

3. The combination with a bottle-neck, of a fixed tubular plug and aremovable tubular plug in said neck, a valve between said plugs, an armprojecting from the removable plug, a wire for securing said arm to theneck and a seal uniting the ends of said Wire.

4. The combination with a bottle-neck, of a tubular plug therein,another tubular plug above the first, a ball between said tubular plugs,a metal internal ferrule in the upper plug, strips on the ferrule bentaround the sides of the bottle-neck, and a wire passed around thebottle-neck, through holes in the strips and twisted together at itsends, and a seal on said twisted ends.

5. The combination with a bottle-neck, of a tubular cork plug therein, aconical internal ferrule in the plug, another tubular cork plug abovethe first, a conical internal ferrule in the upper plug having prongs orfingers on its lower edge projecting beneath the plug, a ball betweenthe plugs, and astopper for the upper ferrule.

6. The combination with a bottle-neck, of a tubular plug in said neckhaving an aluminium ferrule therein, another tubular plug above thefirst, having an aluminium ferrule therein, a-ball between said plugs,strips on the upper edge of the upper ferrule bent down opposite sidesof the bottle-neck, a wire passed around the bottle-neck and throughholes in the strips and twisted together, a cover or cap around thebottle-neck through which the twisted ends of the wire are projected, aseal on said twisted ends of the wire, and a cork stopper to enter theupper ferrule and having an enamel enlargement thereon to cover theupper end of the neck.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

ERNEST WALTER KEMPTER.

Witnesses:

F. J. BURRICHTER, F. F. DUNNEBECK.

